Did one nation play against another nation? Yes Is the [LTPF list of countries] allowed here? or would that give too much info away? It would give too much information away. But if you come up with a theory involving a specific nation, that's fine. Did the fans boo the national anthem while their team was singing it? No and possible FA

Shot in the dark: Did the two competing nations have the same national anthem, so the fans booed it when the other team sung it? Yesish - you're close.

When Northern Ireland hosted Liechtenstein in a Euro 96 qualifier, and again when England hosted Liechtenstein in a Euro 2004 qualifier, they played first the national anthem "Oben am jungen Rhein" (Under the Young Rhine), which has the same tune as "God Save the Queen" and is Liechtenstein's anthem, and then "God Save the Queen", which both England and Northern Ireland use as their anthem in FIFA matches. (It is my understanding that for rugby and many other sports, Northern Ireland and Ireland field one team and use the tune "Ireland's Call" rather than use "God Save the Queen" or "Amhrán na bhFiann". But that's not the case for soccer/football)

Anyway, the North Irish (and eight years later, English) fans booed the Liechtenstein anthem, even though it is their own anthem too, since in that case it was the Liechtenstein anthem. I couldn't find either of those on YouTube, but Scottish fans (who use "Flower of Scotland" as their anthem) booed Liechtenstein's anthem/God Save the Queen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESsqwTPfSuo

Every able-bodied man in the principality must have been on the team. No wonder they had to use a recording to play the national anthem! Sorry - I shouldn't be so slighting about pocket-handkerchief-sized european countries. But not sorry enough not to go for the cheap joke. Good puzzle!

They used a recording for both anthems, as they normally do at international soccer/football matches. That's not unusual.

And for what it's worth, when England plays Northern Ireland, they only play the anthem once, since it's the same anthem. Likewise when Greece plays Cyprus, since the two of them share the same anthem.

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